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Handbook of Leaving Religion

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Leaving Vipassana Meditation

Handbook of Leaving Religion February 11, 2020 Masoumeh Rahmani

This chapter explores the disaffiliation narratives of former members of one of the most successful international Buddhist organisations – S.N. Goenka’s (1924–2013) Vipassana meditation movement. To date, Goenka’s network is the largest donor-funded Vipassana organisation with over 170 official, and over 130 non-official centers worldwide. These centers offer courses of varying durations (3–60...